Environmental Science detail TNDTE Diploma syllabus for Modern Office Practice (MOP), M scheme is extracted from TNDTE official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (38164), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below. The syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from official website.
For all other office practice 6th sem syllabus for diploma m scheme tndte you can visit Office Practice 6th Sem Syllabus for Diploma M Scheme TNDTE Subjects. The detail syllabus for environmental science is as follows.
Rationale:
The subject Environmental Science gives an overview about the environment, its bio diversity and its pollutants.
Objectives:
At the end of the semester, the student can able;
- To know about the importance and scope of the environmental science as a study.
- To know the natural resources, Eco system and its bio diversity.
- To know about the Pollution in the environment.
Detailed Content:
Unit I
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Unit II
Natural Resources:
Renewable and non-renewable resources:
Natural resources and associated problems
- Forest resources: Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber extraction, mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.
- Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought, conflicts over water, dams-benefits and problems.
- Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral resources, case studies.
- Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and overgrazing, effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water logging, salinity, case studies.
- Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy sources, use of alternate energy sources, case studies.
- Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides, soil erosion and desertification. Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources. Equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles.
Unit III
Ecosystems
- Concept of an ecosystem
- Structure and function of an ecosystem.Producers, consumers and decomposers
- Energy flow in the ecosystem Ecological succession
- Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids
- Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following ecosystem:
- Forest ecosystem
- Grassland ecosystem
- Desert ecosystem
- Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, ocean estuaries.).
Unit IV
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Unit V
Environmental Pollution:
Definition
Causes, effects and control measures of:
- Air pollution
- Water pollution
- Soil pollution
- Marine pollution
- Noise pollution
- Thermal pollution
- Nuclear pollution Solid waste management: Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes.
- Role of an individual in prevention of pollution – Pollution case studies.
- Disaster management: floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides
Reference Books:
- Text book for Environmental Studies – Author: Erach Bharucha – Pub: UGC, New Delhi
- URL: http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/modelcurriculum/env.pdf
Environmental Science Model Question Paper
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